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The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department has a team based in South Sudan, which is closely monitoring the situation of the civilians affected by the current crisis. (Photo by Roman Majcher/ EC/ ECHO)

Brazil president pledges aid after deadly floods

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has pledged millions of dollars in federal aid to two south-eastern states where floods have forced some 50,000 people to flee their homes.

BBC

Amazon villagers incensed over energy plans

Al Jazeera

Thousands without power

Frigid temperatures offered no respite from the ice pulling down power lines across Michigan and the northeastern USA, and tens of thousands remained without electricity days after an ice storm barreled through.

USA TODAY

Poll: Americans hopeful for a better year in 2014

San Francisco Chronicle

UN in South Sudan denies report of mass grave

The United Nations mission in South Sudan has denied a report of a mass grave that was issued by the office of a U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights.

Yahoo! News

UN: South Sudan needs $166 million aid

Al Arabiya

Turkey PM faces resignation call as three ministers quit in corruption scandal

The crisis engulfing the Turkish government of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed its first major scalps when three ministers caught up in a corruption scandal resigned.

Telegraph.co.uk

Turkey resignations: corruption or power struggle with Islamic cleric in US?

CNN

American hostage, abducted in Pakistan, calls for help in Al Qaeda video

Warren Weinstein, abducted from his home 2 years ago, begging for help from the U.S. government in a video released by Al Qaida. The White House called for Weinstein‘s release but won’t negotiate with Al Qaeda.

Christian Science Monitor

American Al Qaida hostage abandoned video plea

YouTube

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Solar micro-grid aims to boost power and food in Haiti

Led by the nonprofit EarthSpark International, the project is one of a dozen initiatives awarded a total of $13 million in funding from USAID under a program called Powering Agriculture.

National Geographic

Blog:

More people have more to eat, but it’s not all good news

(NPR)

the salt

Philanthropy grows in 2013, but so does need

The quest for Kansas City area contributions remains challenging and competitive. But finally, good hearts and good financial planning are combining to create an improved year for philanthropy.

Kansas City Star

HUMAN RIGHTS

A new jolt to Filipino siblings orphaned by a typhoon

Five siblings ages 8 to 18 orphaned by Typhoon Haiyan were suddenly taken from an evacuation center, prompting a search by officials who feared that human traffickers had abducted them.

New York Times

NGO vows to keep giving medical assistance to typhoon-hit Philippines

Japan Times

UN rights experts ‘seriously’ concerned about Yemen drone strikes

United Nations’ human rights experts expressed “serious concern” about lethal drone attacks allegedly conducted by U.S. forces in Yemen, that resulted in civilian casualties since 2002.

Ahram Online

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Why China is stepping up its presence in Detroit’s auto industry

Detroit auto know-how, as well as the city’s cheap real estate, is a draw to Chinese investment. Chinese companies aren’t talking yet about making cars here, but that could change.

Christian Science Monitor

McDonald’s removes worker site after fast food flap

McDonald’s has taken down its employee resources website after becoming aware of multiple posts bashing fast food, which the restaurant has spent decades spreading throughout the world.

USA TODAY

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

China to triple compensation for parents losing only child

China is to triple the amount of compensation that parents get if their only child dies, the health and family planning agency said, in the latest sign of a more lenient stand on an uncompromising population policy.

Reuters

Russia drops charges against Greenpeace activist

Greenpeace Russia said investigators had dropped charges against U.K. activist Anthony Perrett. Two more Greenpeace activists are also expected to have their cases closed, their lawyers said.

The Hindu

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google Glass surgeon’s new best friend? What one surgeon is saying about tech

It’s hard to think of a way we live that Google Glass hasn’t touched, and you can even add surgery to the list. An expert can lend a helping hand in the operating room, even from another state.

CBS News

Chicago plastic surgeon to use Google Glass during rhinoplasty

Allvoices

Solar activity not a key cause of climate change, study shows

Climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun, a new scientific study shows.

ScienceDaily

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Jonathan Turley):

Why Obama should pardon Snowden

NorthJersey

Column (Jorgo Chatzimarkakis):

Stop putting commerce before human rights

International New York Times

Column (Bate Felix and Paul-Marin Ngoupana):

Struggle for resources at root of Central Africa religious violence

Thomas Reuters Foundation

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GOOD NEWS

Vets return to streets to reach the homeless

Massachusetts has hired a team of veterans, some formerly homeless themselves, to get veterans off the streets in the Boston area.

Las Vegas Sun

Inexpensive hearing devices bring gift of sound to less fortunate

Sound World Solutions restores hearing by combining two technologies common even in the poorest countries: a smartphone that works with a personal sound amplifier in the ear, connected by Bluetooth.

CBS News

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Russia ‘foreign agents’ law hits hundreds of nongovernmental organizations

The Russian government launched an unprecedented nationwide campaign of inspections of thousands NGOs to identify groups the government deems “foreign agents” and force them to register as such.

Human Rights Watch

Givelocity aims at new model in charitable giving

Susan Cooney launched Givelocity and calls it a “technologist’s perspective” on philanthropy. It taps into online communities to encourage people to make small but regular contributions.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Recycling takes the guilt out of Christmas trees

It’s just one part of a grassroots effort that Lara Kelly started — and that has spread quickly — to deal sustainably with the post-Christmas glut of dying, needle-dropping trees.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Virus kills hundreds of dolphins on US East Coast

Scientists are looking into why a measles-like virus has surged in 2013, leading to the death of over 1,000 dolphins from New York to Florida.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A donkey heads south from Jimma, Ethiopia and will approach a fork in the road to Dedo or Mizan if handlers do not catch him first. (Photo by Rod Waddington)

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